Portage's arrival to Richmond High School was delayed due to an apparent bus malfunction. Fort Wayne North Side had extra warmup time because of that. That often lowers the intensity of the team to start the game and that happened to North Side.
Merrillville opened the season with a surprising victory over Southport and has remained unbeaten ever since. East Chicago Central began the season with a surprising loss to Gary Roosevelt. The Cardinals rattled off five wins in a row entering Wednesday's game.
Two Indianapolis schools traveled to Marion in order to face off. Southport was missing Butler signee Joey Brunk once again as he recovers from a sprained ankle. He should return to the court soon. Indianapolis Tech's only loss of the season came at the hands of Anderson.